Combine JS Files Not Working with Minify

Hello ChaotiX66

Are you using Auto or Manual mode for minify? Did you try manual mode and adding scripts manually?

I have tried BOTH modes. Neither of them combine anything whatsoever.

I have also tried using the footer tag(<!-- W3TC-include-js-head -->), which is my original intent. To move all js to the footer. That works great. Except nothing is combined. None of them.

I have tried the “Combine Only” option. I have also prayed, but it doesn’t work.
I would prefer to use this plugin, as opposed to looping the print_scripts and moving them down myself alongside a plugin that actually combines, or even attempts to combine.

I have seen multiple topics on this subject. And people say “Switch to manual”, and the author responds with a statement totally in disregard to the COMBINING aspect in the original question.
Was the feature removed? Are we doing something wrong? Did I forget to plug the power cable into the server? Is this real life?

Sarcasm , uppercase text, and mild jokes aside… It would be great if someone can confirm that they are actually able to combine files with this plugin. And how exactly they pulled off that magical feat.

I switched to manual. Only then did the “Help” button wizard show up. I was able to add external JavaScript files and css files for minifying. However, as ensemblebd stares above, nothing actually combines into a single file as claimed by the Developer. Though, the site speed boost was considerable so I went with it for now.

There are several sections of this plugin that aren’t working.
The HTML minifier doesn’t minify. Nor does it strip comments(checkbox for it).

The non-blocking setting of the JS/CSS minify doesn’t actually put the text async/defer into the source code.
And most importantly, it doesn’t combine files.

it must have been some time since the authors last tested their plugin. @ashok, can you confirm whether any of the above features work for you?

Using die() statements, I was able to determine that this product does not function on Windows (IIS) hosting solutions. And the only solution that would work is the Pro CDN version, as that is the only code that can properly minify/combine. In fact the standalone combine() function is never called by anything (/lib/W3/Minify.php Line #357).

It relies heavily on the .htaccess for dynamically generating rewrite rules, for each and every minified file. Which cannot be made possible without code specifically for a web.config.

Funny, I don’t remember any of that information anywhere on the product page. Time to move on to a different solution, this one will not work, as sad as I am to say that.

I am also facing this issue but not find the solution of this problem yet.